(Source: University of Illinois at Chicago) Civilizations are powered by the burning of fossil fuels. Humans are adding tons of carbon dioxide to the Earth's atmosphere, causing climate change and global warming. But what if instead of drilling carbon out of the ground and releasing it into the air, we could recycle carbon out of the air and produce fuel that could be burned - again and again? That's essentially what plants do, using the power of the sun. Researchers in the College of Engineering have created a potentially game-changing solar cell that works like an artificial leaf, cheaply and efficiently converting carbon dioxide from the air directly into burnable hydrocarbon fuel, using...
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